| 1949 |
Born in Walle / Lower Saxony |
| 1963 |
First attempts in photography with the more than 20 years old family camera |
| 1964 |
Growing enthusiasm for beat music |
| 1965 |
First visit to a concert performed by an internationally known band
"Casey Jones and the Governors" - still without a camera ...
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| 1966 |
Establishing a beat club, along with fellow-football players;
the title of the club had the same name as the cult television show launched by Radio Bremen in 1965 |
| 1967 |
First shots at a beat concert with the Rolling Stones in Bremen |
| 1970 Juli |
Pop festival in Aachen with shots of Can and Mungo Jerry |
| 1970 Aug |
Isle of Wight festival with shots of many rock stars (among others Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Joan Baez, Jethro Tull, etc.) |
| 1970 Sep |
First publication of rock photos in a daily newspaper |
| 1970-1973 |
Visiting numerous concerts and festivals
(among others Pink Floyd 1972, Steppenwolf 1972, The Who 1972, Rolling Stones 1973)
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| 1973-1979 |
Course of studies |
| 1979-2001 |
Working as a teacher |
| From 2001 |
Increasingly busy as a "rock photographer"
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Exhibitions
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| 2002 |
"Sing me the songs of yesterday" at Taranta Babu, Dortmund |
| 2004 |
"Rock photos from five decades of rock history"
at Gallery "arke", Dortmund |
| 2006 |
"talkin' 'bout my generation" at DASA, Dortmund |
| 2006 |
"talkin' 'bout my generation" at F&H Public Relations, Munich
(extended range as of June) |
| 2007 |
"Just Wanna See His Face - The faces of the Rolling Stones" joint exhibition with Sebastian Krüger at Rock' n 'Pop Museum, Gronau |
| 2008 |
"The Beat Goes On", joint exhibition with Gered Mankowitz, Patty Boyd, Ethan Russell, Dezo Hofman et al.
At the V!P's International Art Galerie, Rotterdam |
| 2009 |
"It's Only Rock' n' Roll", joint exhibition with Henk Bosmain at Lichtzone, Groningen |
| 2012 |
Annual permanent exhibition at the hotel, bar and gallery "The Golden" in Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London
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| 2015 |
"Rock Around The Wall" - Rock Legends "Then And Now" at the "Altes Museum am Ostwall", Dortmund
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| 2016 |
"My Guitar Heroes" within the framework of the Guitarfestival Oberhausen
Polish Cultural Restaurant Gdanska, Oberhausen
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| 2017 |
"50 Years of Rock Photography with Carl van der Walle" - Music Theater Piano, Dortmund.
Opened by guitarist Dick Taylor as part of a "Pretty thing" concert.
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| 2018 |
Carl van der Walle: Isle of Wight Festival 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Plus Music from Dick Taylor (of The Pretty Things) & Tony Minx
June 1 - July 1, 2018 - Ventnor Exchange / Isle of Wightt
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| 2019 |
Silver anniversary and 70th birthday of club manager Manni Engelhardt of the Rolling Stones Club Aachen/ Stolberg.
Rolling Stones exhibition with Ole Ohlendorff, Rosie Geisler, Carl v. d. Walle and Gerd Coordes (06.07.2019)
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| 2019 |
"The club of the dead rock stars: Jimi, Janis, Jim and others" and tribute concert with Ali Neander, Achim Dürr and Jessica Born.
Photo exhibition of the rock music photographers Carl v.d. Walle, Hartmut Hennig and Gerd Coordes.
Organiser: Volker Rebell, Rebell(i)sche Studiobühne, Offenbach (26.10. to 07.12.2019)
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| 2022 |
"Rock-Legends - Carl van der Walle", Exhibition from 10.09. to 19.11.2022 in Aurich with a selection
of the best pictures in the hometown of Carl van der Walle.
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